The Story

I know some are interested in the story of how us moving to California came to. Read if you would like, it is a wee bit long.

We decided to move out of our basement apartment on Friday July 31 and move upstairs in the same house. I get a call from my dear friend Meg on August 7th (exactly one week from moving upstairs) to see if I can fly out to Palo Alto to interview for the nanny job. Meg had brought the idea up to me earlier that week but both James and I just thought that Cody and Meg loved us enough to have us close to them.

I flew out to Palo Alto the next day. I arrived at 1:00pm and met with my employers for over 3 hours. It was one long interview! But definitely great cause we were able to discuss everything and anything. I flew home to Salt Lake the next day, Sunday. They offered me the position before I went home and asked that we tell them if we will do it by Wednesday the 12th and have me start work on August 31st.

We were stressed. Here we just moved upstairs and now possibly moving again; and to another state. Those few days were some of the longest days we have ever experienced! We don't have kids yet, we don't have a house or anything so we decided this adventure would be fun for a year or so.

And now here we are. Living in a quaint little cottage behind their house. I nanny three adorable girls. I wont talk much of the girls or where exactly we live and what not due to wanting to be respectful of the family. But it has been fun.

I have never been so lost in my life. I really think Utah has it down in designing streets and the system. Here it's like "Oh just go to Rengstorff then over to Shoreline and then you'll be there". ha ha. I miss the mountains telling me which way I am going. I use to think people were weird when they said they didn't know which way north was. But sometimes I have no idea if I am going to San Jose or San Francisco. Which is whole other story to come. I tried going to Sacramento (North West of Palo Alto) and ended up in San Francisco (directly North). Story for another time.

While I work, James will be going to school. He is working on his bachelor degree and this opportunity helps him be able to relax and get some schooling done.

We love and miss Utah dearly. We will be back. But for now we will be here enjoying the sweet sounds of birds chirping and watching squirrels bouncing through the yard.